Part of Bukit Timah canal found dislodged while tunnelling: LTA

In a statement issued on Thursday by the Land Transport Authority (LTA), it found a segment of the Bukit Timah canal dislodged in the course of tunnelling works for Downtown Line Stage 2 on Tuesday night. Part of the canal gave way on 17 Jan, 2012. -- PHOTO: SPH By Royston Sim In a statement issued on Thursday by the Land Transport Authority (LTA), it found a segment of the Bukit Timah canal dislodged in the course of tunnelling works for Downtown Line Stage 2 on Tuesday night. The LTA said that its engineers found a 14m precast segment of the Bukit Timah canal wall near the junction of Bukit Timah Road and Clementi Road dislodged, and some gaps in the ground were formed around that segment of the canal. It then stopped its tunnelling works to ensure safety and has begun to inject cement to stabilise the ground. About 25m of the rightmost two lanes on Bukit Timah Road has ...